1993 Houston Astros
League	National League
Division	West
Ballpark	The Astrodome
City	Houston, Texas
Record	85–77 (.525)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	John McMullen, Drayton McLane, Jr.
General managers	Bill Wood
Managers	Art Howe
Television	KTXH HSE
Radio	KPRC (AM) (Bill Brown, Milo Hamilton, Larry Dierker, Vince Controneo, Bill Worrell, Enos Cabell) KXYZ (Francisco Ernesto Ruiz, Manny Lopez)
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The Houston Astros' 1993 season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Houston Astros attempting to win the National League West. This was also the final season that the Astros wore their "Tequila Sunrise" rainbow uniforms. They would switch to a more contemporary look the next year.

• October 5, 1992: Denny Walling was released by the Astros.^[1]
• November 17, 1992: Butch Henry was drafted by the Colorado Rockies from the Houston Astros as the 36th pick in the 1992 expansion draft.^[2]
• December 1, 1992: Doug Drabek was signed as a free agent by the Astros.^[3]
• December 4, 1992: Greg Swindell was signed as a free agent by the Astros.^[4]
• January 5, 1993: Jack Daugherty was signed as a free agent by the Astros.^[5]
• February 1, 1993: Jim Lindeman signed as a free agent by the Astros.^[6]

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NL West

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Atlanta Braves	104	58	.642	—	51‍–‍30	53‍–‍28
San Francisco Giants	103	59	.636	1	50‍–‍31	53‍–‍28
Houston Astros	85	77	.525	19	44‍–‍37	41‍–‍40
Los Angeles Dodgers	81	81	.500	23	41‍–‍40	40‍–‍41
Cincinnati Reds	73	89	.451	31	41‍–‍40	32‍–‍49
Colorado Rockies	67	95	.414	37	39‍–‍42	28‍–‍53
San Diego Padres	61	101	.377	43	34‍–‍47	27‍–‍54

1993 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	7–5	10–3	13–0	7–5	8–5	8–5	7–5	9–3	6–6	7–5	9–4	7–6	6–6
Chicago	5–7	—	7–5	8–4	6–7	4–8	7–5	5–8–1	8–5	7–6	5–8	8–4	6–6	8–5
Cincinnati	3–10	5–7	—	9–4	7–5	6–7	5–8	4–8	6–6	4–8	8–4	9–4	2–11	5–7
Colorado	0–13	4–8	4–9	—	7–5	11–2	7–6	3–9	6–6	3–9	8–4	6–7	3–10	5–7
Florida	5–7	7–6	5–7	5–7	—	3–9	5–7	5–8	4–9	4–9	6–7	7–5	4–8	4–9
Houston	5–8	8–4	7–6	2–11	9–3	—	9–4	5–7	11–1	5–7	7–5	8–5	3–10	6–6
Los Angeles	5–8	5–7	8–5	6–7	7–5	4–9	—	6–6	8–4	2–10	8–4	9–4	7–6	6–6
Montreal	5–7	8–5–1	8–4	9–3	8–5	7–5	6–6	—	9–4	6–7	8–5	10–2	3–9	7–6
New York	3–9	5–8	6–6	6–6	9–4	1–11	4–8	4–9	—	3–10	4–9	5–7	4–8	5–8
Philadelphia	6-6	6–7	8–4	9–3	9–4	7–5	10–2	7–6	10–3	—	7–6	6–6	4–8	8–5
Pittsburgh	5–7	8–5	4–8	4–8	7–6	5–7	4–8	5–8	9–4	6–7	—	9–3	5–7	4–9
San Diego	4–9	4–8	4–9	7–6	5–7	5–8	4–9	2–10	7–5	6–6	3–9	—	3–10	7–5
San Francisco	6–7	6–6	11–2	10–3	8–4	10–3	6–7	9–3	8–4	8–4	7–5	10–3	—	4–8
St. Louis	6–6	5–8	7–5	7–5	9–4	6–6	6–6	6–7	8–5	5–8	9–4	5–7	8–4	—

• June 3, 1993: Billy Wagner was drafted by the Astros in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1993 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 22, 1993.^[7]
• July 12, 1993: Jack Daugherty was traded by the Astros to the Cincinnati Reds for Steve Carter.^[5]

1993 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers 49 Juan Agosto 54 Eric Bell 15 Doug Drabek 46 Tom Edens 47 Mark Grant 27 Pete Harnisch 31 Xavier Hernandez 23 Doug Jones 59 Todd Jones 44 Jeff Juden 57 Darryl Kile 29 Al Osuna 51 Mark Portugal 38 Shane Reynolds 21 Greg Swindell 53 Brian Williams		Catchers  9 Scott Servais  6 Eddie Taubensee 36 Eddie Tucker Infielders  5 Jeff Bagwell  7 Craig Biggio  4 Mike Brumley 11 Ken Caminiti  1 Casey Candaele 17 Andújar Cedeño 22 Jack Daugherty  3 Chris Donnels 19 Jim Lindeman 28 José Uribe		Outfielders 24 Eric Anthony 17 Kevin Bass 12 Steve Finley 26 Luis Gonzalez 16 Chris James 30 Rick Parker  4 Karl Rhodes		Manager 18 Art Howe Coaches 54 Bob Cluck (pitching) 48 Matt Galante (third base) 42 Rudy Jaramillo (hitting) 14 Ed Ott (bench) 52 Tom Spencer (first base)

1993 regular season game log: 85–77 (Home: 44–37; Away: 41–40)
April: 14–8 (Home: 6–5; Away: 8–3) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 1 April 5 Phillies 1–3 0–1 L1 2 April 6 Phillies 3–5 0–2 L2 3 April 7 Phillies 3–6 (10) 0–3 L3 4 April 9 @ Mets 7–3 (10) 1–3 W1 5 April 10 @ Mets 6–3 2–3 W2 6 April 11 @ Mets 5–4 3–3 W3 7 April 13 @ Expos 9–4 4–3 W4 8 April 14 @ Expos 9–5 5–3 W5 9 April 15 @ Expos 1–2 5–4 L1 10 April 16 Marlins 9–3 6–4 W1 11 April 17 Marlins 4–9 6–5 L1 12 April 18 Marlins 3–0 7–5 W1
May: 13–14 (Home: 9–7; Away: 4–7) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 46 May 28 @ Marlins 4–5 (12) 24–22 47 May 29 @ Marlins 4–2 25–22 48 May 30 @ Marlins 2–1 26–22 49 May 31 Expos 2–1 27–22
June: 11–15 (Home: 6–5; Away: 5–10) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 50 June 1 Expos 1–2 27–23 51 June 2 Expos 5–4 28–23 52 June 4 Mets 7–2 29–23 53 June 5 Mets 7–5 30–23 54 June 6 Mets 5–4 31–23 55 June 7 @ Phillies 5–7 31–24 L1 56 June 8 @ Phillies 6–3 32–24 W1 57 June 9 @ Phillies 0–8 32–25 L1
July: 16–13 (Home: 9–8; Away: 7–5) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 64th All-Star Game in Baltimore, Maryland
August: 15–13 (Home: 7–6; Away: 8–7) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 119 August 17 Marlins 4–0 62–57 120 August 18 Marlins 2–1 63–57 121 August 19 Marlins 8–3 64–57 122 August 20 Phillies 4–6 64–58 L1 123 August 21 Phillies 3–2 (10) 65–58 W1 124 August 22 Phillies 7–3 66–58 W2 125 August 24 @ Marlins 4–0 67–58 126 August 25 @ Marlins 3–2 68–58 127 August 26 @ Marlins 4–5 (13) 68–59 128 August 27 @ Expos 1–3 68–60 129 August 28 @ Expos 3–7 68–61 130 August 29 @ Expos 2–3 68–62 131 August 30 @ Mets 4–5 68–63 132 August 31 @ Mets 10–2 69–63
September: 14–13 (Home: 7–6; Away: 7–7) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 133 September 1 @ Mets 3–2 70–63 134 September 3 Expos 0–3 70–64 135 September 4 Expos 5–7 70–65 136 September 5 Expos 7–1 71–65 137 September 6 Mets 7–2 72–65 138 September 7 Mets 4–3 (10) 73–65 139 September 8 Mets 7–1 74–65 140 September 10 @ Phillies 2–6 74–66 L1 141 September 11 @ Phillies 4–1 75–66 W1 142 September 12 @ Phillies 9–2 76–66 W2
October: 2–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 2–1) # Date Time (CT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Astros team member

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Eddie Taubensee	94	288	72	.250	9	42
1B	Jeff Bagwell	142	535	171	.320	20	88
2B	Craig Biggio	155	610	175	.287	21	64
3B	Ken Caminiti	143	543	142	.262	13	75
SS	Andújar Cedeño	149	505	143	.283	11	56
LF	Luis Gonzalez	154	540	162	.300	15	72
CF	Steve Finley	142	545	145	.266	8	44
RF	Eric Anthony	145	486	121	.249	15	66

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Scott Servais	85	258	63	.244	11	32
Kevin Bass	111	229	65	.284	3	37
Chris Donnels	88	179	46	.257	2	24
Chris James	65	129	33	.256	6	19
Casey Candaele	75	121	29	.240	1	7
José Uribe	45	53	13	.245	0	3
Rick Parker	45	45	15	.333	0	4
Eddie Tucker	9	26	5	.192	0	3
Jim Lindeman	9	23	8	.348	0	0
Mike Brumley	8	10	3	.300	0	2
Jack Daugherty	4	3	1	.333	0	0
Tuffy Rhodes	5	2	0	.000	0	0

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Doug Drabek	34	237.2	9	18	3.79	157
Pete Harnisch	33	217.2	16	9	2.98	185
Mark Portugal	33	208.0	18	4	2.77	131
Greg Swindell	31	190.1	12	13	4.16	124
Darryl Kile	32	171.2	15	8	3.51	141

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Shane Reynolds	5	11.0	0	0	0.82	10

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Doug Jones	71	4	10	26	4.54	66
Xavier Hernandez	72	4	5	9	2.61	101
Al Osuna	44	1	1	2	3.20	21
Brian Williams	42	4	4	3	4.83	56
Tom Edens	38	1	1	0	3.12	21
Todd Jones	27	1	2	2	3.13	25
Eric Bell	10	0	1	0	6.14	2
Mark Grant	6	0	0	0	0.82	6
Juan Agosto	6	0	0	0	6.00	3
Jeff Juden	2	0	1	0	5.40	7

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tucson Toros	Pacific Coast League	Rick Sweet
AA	Jackson Generals	Texas League	Sal Butera
A	Osceola Astros	Florida State League	Tim Tolman
A	Quad Cities River Bandits	Midwest League	Steve Dillard
A	Asheville Tourists	South Atlantic League	Bobby Ramos
A-Short Season	Auburn Astros	New York–Penn League	Manny Acta
Rookie	GCL Astros	Gulf Coast League	Julio Linares

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tucson, Jackson

• 1993 Houston Astros season at Baseball Reference